Prime Minisജter Narendra Modi on Monday cited passages from the speeches of former Prime Ministers and Congress leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi accusing them of belittling Indiဣans and considering themselves as emperors after Independence.
During the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to President Droupadi Murmu's address in Lok Sabha, 🥃PM Modi targetted the by-gone Congress rule in the country and later connecting it with INDIA bloc.
PM Modi quoted the Independence Day speech by former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru from 1959, "Let me read what Prime Minister Nehru had said from the Red Fort. 'Indians generally do not haveဣ the habit of working very hard, we do not work as much as the people of Europe or Japan or China or Russia or America'."
"Do not think that ཧthese communities became prosperous by some magic. They have achieved this by hard work, by smartness.' This shows Nehru thought Indians were lazy and did not have brains. He did not trust their potential," he added.
PM Modi expressed his discontent towards such portrayal of Indians in the former prime minister's sp𒁃eech.
PM Modi then continued to say that Indira Gandhi did not 🐷think differently either and he read speech of Gandhi as well to explain his accusation.
He said, "Indira ji had said from (the ramparts of) Red Fort, 'Unfortunately, it is our habit that when a good work is approaching completion, we become complacent. And when an obstacle comes, we lose hope. Sometimes it seems the whole nation has accepted defeat'. Looking at Congress today, it appears th♉at Indira ji may have und🐭erestimated the countrymen, but she evaluated the Congress well."
Taking a jab, PM Modi said that this was th🌟e mentality of "Royal Family ꧋of Congress".
He continued, "Looking at the people in Congress tod🍎ay, it seems that Indira Gandhi could not assess th🧔e people of the country correctly but assessed Congress absolutely correctly."
Further attacking the Congress-rule in India PM Modi claimed that "whenever Congress came (to power), it strengthened inflation".
Heও added that his government has "controlled" inflation despite two wars and a pandemic in the last two 𓄧terms.
Further, PM Modi spoke about opposition parties back during Congress-rule and currently. He said "They failed and didn't allow other parties to perform either. They have ruined the parliament, the Opposition and the country. I believe the country needs a strong Opposition. The country has faced the ramifications of dynasty politicღs, and the Congress has faced it too," he said.
Taking a swipe at the INDIA Opposition bloc's recent tension as several parties have announced going solo on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections including Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, he said, "If they can't trust each other, how will they 🌳trust the people."
